Regional Seas Programme: Workplan - UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 18

Geographically defined: a) for the purpose of the Action Plan (Barcelona, 1975): the Mediterranean Sea proper between the Straits of Gibraltar and the Straits of the Dardanelles with the adjacent coast defined on an ad hoc basis by the Governments of Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Malta, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco; b) for the purpose of the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution (Barcelona, 1976): "the maritime waters of the Mediterranean Sea proper, including its gulfs and seas bounded to the west by the meridian passing through Cape Spartel lighthouse, at the entrance of the Straits of Gibraltar, and to the east by the southern limits of the Straits of the Dardanelles between Mehmetcik and Kumkale lighthouses"; c) for the purpose of the environmental assessment component of the Action Plan: in addition to the area defined under the Sea of Marmara and the parts of the Atlantic Ocean east from the line connecting the Portuguese/Spanish border and Casablanca.